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No Model.) 3 Sheets-Sheet 1. J. H. GREEN. MUSIC WRITING ATTACHMENT FORTYPE WRITING MACHINES. No. 455,319. Patented July 7, 1891.

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J. H. GREEN. MUSIC WRITING ATTACHMENT FOR TYPE WRITING MACHINES.

No. 455,319. Patented July 7,1891.

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MUSIC-WRITING ATTACHMENT FOR TYPE-WRITING MACHINES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 455,319, dated July 7,1891.

Application filed September 15, 1890. Serial No. 365,096. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN H. GREEN, of Indianapolis, county of Marion,and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin ltlusic-lVriting Attachments for Type-\Vriting Machines; and I dohereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,in which like figures refer to like parts.

My invention relates to the construction of devices for writing musicwith a machine; and it consists in mechanism which may be attached to anordinary type-writer for such purpose, and will be understood from thefollowing description.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a top view of a type-writer with my deviceattached. Fig. 2 is a top view of the key-board. Fig. 3 is a detail endView of the paper-cylinder and related parts. Fig. l is a front view ofthe same. Fig. 5 is a sectional view of one of the detachable rubberheads for covering the ordinary key. Fig. 6 is a detail view, partly insection, of a detachable key. Fig. 7 is a perspective view of one of thedetachable rack-bars.

In the drawings I have shown my device attached to the ordinarycaligraph; but it may be readily adapted to other type-writers byslightly modifying the mechanism described.

The main features of the type-writer are unchanged, the actuating andlever mechanism being substantially the same. The keys, however, insteadof representing alphabetical characters, are marked with the variouscharacters used in 1nusicsuch as whole, half, quarter, eighth,sixteenth, thirty-second, and sixty-fourth notesin the various positionsin which they occur, and other musical characters, which will be readilyrecognized by a musician, on the key-board shown in Fig. 2. Forconvenience sake I place below the musical character in smaller size theletter or other character usually represented by that key upon thetype-writer selected, and this is done so that in setting up the machinethe operator may know at once the place in which each key belongs, andthis is true whatever kind of key be usedpvhether the elastic thimble orcap shown in Fig. 5 or the ordinary screwkey shown in Fig. 6. The cap orthimble shown in Fig. 5 is made of rubber and is i11- tended to beplaced over the ordinary keyhead of the type-writer, the musicalcharacter being indicated on the top in the usual manner, and the keyshown in Fig. 6 has its shank threaded, so that it will screw readilyinto a socket formed in the machine. The ordinary type of course areremoved from the type-sockets of the levers, and the musical characteris inserted corresponding with that upon the key-heather in some kindsof typewriters the entire mechanism of the type and levers to which theyare connected might be removed and another inserted, which wouldaccomplish the same result in a more expeditious manner.

In arranging the key-board it must be borne in mind that some of thecharacters have to be printed in a direction parallel with the lines ofthe music-paperthat is, they do not all, when imprinted, stand at rightangles to such lines, as in the case of ordinary matter. It thereforebecomes necessary in arranging the keyboard, in order to prevent thetype from interfering with others, to set the levers which carry suchcharactersfor instance, braces, slurs, rests, and some others-as nearlyas possible parallel with the lines upon the music-paper-that is, at theright and left sides of the circular frame in which those levers arecarried. I have shown them in Fig. 1 thus arranged, and it may be foundin practical use that it-would be advisable to change the relativeposition of one or more of these keys from that shown; but this wouldnot be a departure from the principle of my invention, which consists inarranging characters of this class at the sides of the lever-frame ofthe machine to prevent interference in operation.

The paper-cylinder is constructed somewhat differently, thepawl-and-ratchet mechanism at the right-hand end being removed,

while the revolving mechanism for spacing between the lines is locatedat the opposite end and will now be described.

Upon the end of the axle 1 of the papercylinder 2, which is elongated,is mounted a hand-wheel and at -l is an indicator on whose inner face isa lug 5, adapted to engage with notches upon a circular rack-bar 6,which is fastened upon the outside of a disk 7, which is mounted on theaxle of the papercylinder, and on the upper face of this disk isfastened a gage-plate S, which is spaced into divisions correspondingwith the notches in the rack-bar 6 and also with the various steps uponthe staff. There are enough of these spaces to cover an octave above andan octave below and the octave on the staff itself, practicallyseventeen divisions. Of course any number of these divisions may be madeupon the gage-plate. \Vhen paper is used of wider-spaced lines therack-bar 6 and gageplate 8 may readily be removed and others of propergage attached. Several of these of different sizes will be provided forthis purpose.

The paper being placed in position, as shown in Fig. 1, the operatorstrikes the proper key and imprints the end bar upon the paper and thenstrikes the key upon which the treble clef is indicated and im printssuch clef upon the paper at the right of the bar. So far no rotarymovement of the paper-cylinder is necessary, for the bar and clef whosetypes have been struck occupy the full width of the staff, and theoperator as yet has had no occasion to turn the hand-wheel 3, which,mounted on the axle of the papercylinder 2, revolves bothit and the disk7, which carries the gage-plate 8. The indicator +t. is stationary,being rigidly secured to the cross-bar 9, connected with the frame whichcarries the cylinder 2. For convenience the gage-plate is set upon thedisk so that 1 corresponds with the central line of the staff, and thuswhen the indicator stands at 1 and a key be struck the type or characterrepre sented by that key would be struck upon the central line of thestaff. Of course, the mechanism might be set so that 1 upon the gageplate would correspond with any other positionsuch as the first note ofany particular key or the first line of the staffbut this is a matter ofconvenience for the operator. The operator will then proceed as follows:The next character to be struck, as shown upon the paper, being E-sharpin the fourth space of the staff, or position 4, the operator by thehand-wheel revolves the disk and cylinder until the indicator marks 4,and then strikes the proper key. The next character to be made beingC-sharp, which is in position 2, the operator turns the hand-wheelbackward until 2 is indicated on the disk and then strikes the keyindicating the sharp, and the impression is made in the space above thecentral line of the staff. The next impression to be made is the time,which is all indicated upon one key G-8, and as this occupies the fullwidth of the staff, the operator turns the hand-wheel and disk back to 1and then strikes the proper key. The next character to be made is twoeighth notes, respectively, on the first space of the staff and thefirst space below the staff, and in that case the operator turns thehand-wheel and disk backward to 4: (the first of the notes beinginposition 4, counting down) and then strikes the key. This stroke causingthe paper-cylinder to move one space to the left, the operator now movesit one space back again, and then strikes the key which indicates ashort-stem quarter-note, imprinting it directly below the eighth beforestruck and in the space below. The next characters to-be made are thetwo bars or hooks which connect the pairs of notes, which are made byduplicating the single-bar key on the key-board, and the operator turnsthe hand-wheel and disk forward first to 1 and then to 3. This processis continued until the end of the line is reached, it being rememberedalways that in ascending from any position the disk is turned forward,and descending from any position the disk is turned backward in everycase. hen the end of the line is reached, the operator turns thepaper-cylinder completely around once, and this will bring it inposition to begin the next line.

Of course within the compass of the ordinary key-board every musicalcharacter cannot well be contained, and any ones not often used mayreadily be added by a pen, or a larger key-board might be constructed;but this would be more expensive and is not there fore desirable. Theprinciple of myinvention is, however, the same, whatever the capacity ofthe key-board. Thus one type might be used for two or even three notesabove each other; but such impression can be made from the key-boardshown, the notes being separately made one above another, ashereinbefore described.

The mechanism which revolves the papercylinder (shown in detail in Figs.3 to 7) may be used for ordinary type-writing, and by removing themusical type and replacing them with the ordinary kind, and taking offthe rubber caps shown in Fig. 5, the type-writer is again ready forordinary work.

That I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isas follows:

1. In a type-writer, a series of operatinglevers, musical type removablyconnected to such levers, keys whose buttons indicate similarcharacters, also connected to such levers, a revoluble paper-cylindermounted on an axle, a frame-work hinged to the machine providingbearings for such axle, an indicatingdisk provided with a gage-platewith suitable numbers on its face, also mounted 011 such a'xle, meansfor rotating the cylinder and disk by one and the same movement, anindicator secured to the cylinder-frame for marking spaces upon thedisk, a circular rack-bar connected to the side of the disk and havingnotches spaced to correspond with the width of the lines on the paper tobe impressed, and a projection on the inside of the indicator adapted toengage with the notches on the rack-bar, all combined substantially asshown and described.

2. In a type-writer, a series of keys-indicating musical characters,actuating-levers connected with such keys, removable type whose facescorrespond with the marks upon the keyheads connected to such levers,the type whose characters are to be impressed substantially or nearlyparallel with the lines upon the paper, and their keys being arrangedupon the sides of the lever-frame, a paper-cylinder mounted on the axle,a frame-work hinged to the machine providing bearings for such axle, adisk provided with a gageeplate with suitable numbers on its face, alsomounted on such axle, and means, such as a hand-wheel, for rotating thecylinder and disk by one and the same. movement, an indicator secured tothe cylinder-frame for marking the spaces upon the disk, a circularrack-bar connected to the side of the disk and having notches spaced tocorrespond with the width of the lines upon the paper to beimpressed,.and a projection on the inside of the indicator adapted toengage with the notches of the rack-bar, all combined substantially asshown and described.

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and means, such as a hand-wheel, for rotating the cylinder and disk byone and the same movement, an indicator secured to the cylinder-framefor marking the spaces upon the disk, a circular rack-bar connected tothe side 3 5 of the disk and having notches spaced to correspond withthe width of the lines upon the paper to be impressed, and a projectionon the inside of the indicator adapted to engage with the notches of therack-bar, all combined 40 substantially as shown and described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 9th day ofSeptember, 1890.

JOHN H. GREEN.

Witnesses:

E. B. GRIFFITH, H. D. NEALY.

